Thanks to some good work by Hawke's Bay Police, two people were found with stolen engine batteries from earthmoving equipment and a large container of stolen diesel and syphoning equipment.
A dog-handler teamed up with a community police officer in the Fernhill area to follow a suspicious vehicle at about 1.15pm yesterday [31 August].
The Police team were able to follow the suspicious vehicle's tracks along a stop bank where the occupants of the vehicle were found to have destroyed fences and gates to break into properties.
Thanks to information from a member of the public, Police located a man and the woman a short time later who had instruments for burglary on them.
A 39-year-old man and a 33-year-old woman from the Hawke's Bay area were arrested and were to appear in court today.
They are facing charges of burglary.
"This was a great example of our people working with the public to apprehend those intent on causing harm to our community" says Senior Sergeant Su Robinson, Area Manager Support, Hawke's Bay.
